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Cobb County Economic Development

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Home to America’s Best Known Brands

They say you’re known for the company you keep. If so, Cobb County in metro Atlanta, Georgia has a reputation second to none as the home to America’s top Fortune 500 headquarters, the nation’s most educated young professionals and workforce, and some of its fastest-growing entrepreneurial success stories.

Here, you’ll find a business-friendly infrastructure and leadership that ranks among the nation’s elite. Cobb boasts metro Atlanta’s lowest taxes with its greatest return on investment. We are home to the nation’s top schools and the educational resources to suit any need. Our young, highly educated workforce attracts industries as diverse as information technology and software development, aeronautics, bioscience, professional services, and logistics. Not to mention a quality of life you’ll find invigorating.

Location. Access. Leadership. Success. You can find it all here in Cobb County. Find out why America’s best known brands choose to call Cobb County home by paying us a visit.

Cobb County Advantages



  • Favorable tax rates and fiscally-sound government help make Cobb County business-friendly. The Tax Foundation reports that Georgia’s business tax climate is more competitive than other Southeastern states including North Carolina & Texas. Cobb County is one of only a handful of counties in the U.S. with a triple AAA bond rating by all three agencies.

    Affordable with perks. Cobb County’s cost of living and single family housing is lower than the national average.

    A higher education hotbed. Cobb County is the home to two of Georgia’s top universities, Kennesaw State University and Southern Polytechnic State University; the world’s largest chiropractic institution, Life University; and Georgia’s largest technical college, Chattahoochee Technical College.

    Cobb County has the lowest taxes in metro Atlanta and some of the lowest in the Southeastern U.S. Low business costs and affordable cost of living means more revenue reinvested in your company

    Cobb County is less than 20 miles from Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport – the world’s busiest. If you travel and your market is global, why would you be anywhere else?

    A pipeline of young professionals. Cobb County’s relatively young population has produced a highly sustainable workforce from a demographic standpoint for years and decades to come. Nearly 1 in 3 Cobb workers are between the ages of 25 and 44.

    Safe and Secure. Cobb County has the lowest crime rate in metro Atlanta.

    The nation’s best public and private schools. The Cobb County and Marietta Public School Systems are home to some of the nation’s top public schools according to U.S. News & World Report and other sources.

    Strength in numbers. Cobb County is the home to the world headquarters for two Fortune 500 giants: The Home Depot and Genuine Parts. They join nine more in metro Atlanta.

    Job growth and rising incomes despite recession. Several job sectors exhibited strong growth in recent years, resulting in increased per capita incomes.

    Cobb County is one of the most educated counties in the U.S. with nearly half of our adult workforce armed with a bachelor's degree or higher. That means access to young, educated and highly skilled workforce.